Educational Migration and Non-return in Northern Ireland: A report prepared for the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

Abstract

In 2006, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland appointed Professor Ronald McQuaid and Dr Emma Hollywood from the Employment Research Institute at Napier University, Edinburgh to compile an expert paper to summarise available data and research on educational migration and non-return in Northern Ireland. The project’s primary aim was to understand the key patterns and drivers of educational migration and non-return and the impact of this on the community composition of the pool of the qualified labour available to employers in Northern Ireland.